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    Problem Initial Solution The process of matching hospitals and residents was chaotic and confusing before the NRMP began to be used in 1952. The main way hospitals chose medical students was to extend an offer to the student as early as they could. The demand of the hospitals was greater than the number of students looking for residencies, prompting “considerable competition among hospitals for interns.”1 This competition lead to hospitals presenting students offers earlier than others could. With

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    One of her friends, A.J Comrie, who had a Ph.D in astronomy suggested that she was better off being an astronomer in America. In London, she attended a lecture by the new director of the Harvard Observatory, Harlow Shapley. After his lecture, she asked if she could work with him, and he approved. Several months later, with her Cambridge degree in hand, she journeyed to America. In 1839, the Harvard observatory was established and created a reputation through the

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    Goals of the Organization Setting clear goals is a primary step that an organization needs to take to succeed. This is important as it ensures that the organization has a clear vision on what it wants to achieve at different stages of growth. It also helps in defining the yardsticks, usually quantifiable measures that we can use to objectively monitor the progress made by the organization and help in determining if its policies and structures are working as intended. Finally identifying your

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    Harold Crick is an IRS auditor who lives an extremely predictable lifestyle dictated by routine and numbers. In the beginning of the film “Stranger than Fiction” Harold is depicted as boring, routine, and shows signs of having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with his endless counting of everything he sees. He lives his life to the minimum as he has no wife, social life, no real friends, and in fact, his wristwatch seems to be his only friend as he depends on timing everything down to the second, to

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    CLUBFOOT      Clubfoot is defined as a congenital foot deformity characterized by a kidney shaped foot that turns inward and points down. The forefoot is curved inward, the heel is bent inward, and the ankle is fixed in planter flexion with the toes pointing down. Shortened tendons on the inside of the lower leg, together with abnormally shaped bones that restrict movement outwards cause the foot to turn inwards. A tightened achilles tendon causes the foot to point downwards

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    Executive Summary: The company: Just For Feet, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, was a superstore retailer specializing in brand-name athletic and outdoor footwear and also carried a selection of sports related attire. Just For Feet, Inc., was incorporated in 1977 and was listed on the NASDAQ after its IPO in 1994. The management of the Company was very tightly controlled by founder and CEO Harold Ruttenberg, a South African by origin who shifted to USA in 1970s, and oversaw the rapid expansion

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    Singapore Management University Goldman Sachs in Libya Goldman Sachs in Libya With a founding history of 145 years, Goldman Sachs, the investment banking, securities and investment management firm can lay claim to being one of the most profitable among the Wall Street firms-better than its competitors while managing to retain its reputation all along as one with impeccable credentials. As stated on their company website, Goldman Sachs prides itself on having pioneered many of the practises and

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    Goldman Sachs on Wall Street Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869 with a humble purpose of providing loans to small business and creating a market for the loans through commercial paper. However, in the late 1920s the business drifted from its humble roots and took on an investment strategy. As years went by, the company grew bigger and bigger until it was extremely successful. During this time the company made many of decisions that would be considered unethical or “gray”, these decisions may not

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    The political environment is likely to keep changing in at least some of the countries where Lloyds is operating. If this is not mitigated it could have higher impact than 3. 2.2 Changes in regulation Any changes in existing regulation could pose a threat to the company since it operates in regulated markets. Failure to keep up with the regulation

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    Tom is a turkey who hates Thanksgiving. Except this year he is going to his visit his family. He lives in Lexington, North Carolina and he is driving 1,572 miles to Miami, Florida. Apparently, Miami is cold this year. I blame gobbal chilling, the opposite of global warming. Sadly, Tom didn’t have enough clothing, so he goes and buys an additional 5 items. A sweater, $47.50, blue jeans, $79.99, a scarf, $17.75, a pair of mittens, $5.99, and boots, $89.99, but there is a sales tax (7%) and he has a

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